Recent Content by tanj666

Hi, mine, in Coventry - ordered by clinic, took about 2 months to arrive from me saying I wanted one. It actually came a month early in the end. So don't be surprised if you end up waiting 3 months in the end. The wait is worth it however! Anthony

Hmmm, this is interesting. I have used the flexi-link sets. They work about 2 days, 4 is the max, then I change cartridge and cannula anyway. I found my bG's sometimes went up for no reason. My nurse suggested I try the Tender-link cannula instead. These last very well. I try and change...

Hi All, I went through this a few years ago. Very high bG's all the time, told to constantly increase basal insulin. I knew this was wrong, I knew (and I told them) that I was going hypo during the night. But they didn't listen. In then end I switched to a clinic at an older building a few...

Hi, I've got the new thing they told you about - it's called SmartPix. Yes it costs £20. But its a hardware device and not just software. It reads both the pump and the meter and displays graphs of whats going on. You can save the graphs as .pdf files but you can't save the source data in a...

Hi, When you say you had your thyroid checked, its important to know what the TSH reading was. Many doctors are still using the older guidelines and believe a reading of between 3 and 5 is fine. Modern research now says to get the figure down towards 1. (TSH is Thyroid Stimulation Hormone -...

Tracey, I don't know where about's you live. If you have the good fortune to live anywhere near Rugby, thats the clinic to go to, not the one at the expensive new hospital in Coventry. I found that the District DSN's in Coventry knew next to nothing about pumps, carb counting, insulin ratios...

I use the cover clip when showering still, well most of the time. I've always stopped the pump and had it do its annoying plaintive beep while I shower. But reading the posts here, I'll not bother. It'll save me the quick bolus I do to refill the tube. So, hopefully you'll all learn from my...

Good news Debloubed! Over the last day or so, I've been wearing my on belt in a nice little pager style holster the nurse gave me. This is ever so handy, the gadget slips out easily when I need to get at it. Its better than the lycra type case where I found the windows didn't line up properly...

Hi, Being new this is of keen interest to me. I'll state I am Male, and not quite rotund enough to need a bra (yet) so thats not an option. At first I wore my AccuChek combo in my shirt pocket, but as I don't like cutting holes the tube camoe out and through between the buttons, tub got...

Hi all, I'm new to this site. I am also fairly new to pumps in general. I got the Accu-Check Combo at the start of January this year. After many years of struggling with poor control this device is allowing me the control to rebuild my life. Like other have said, this was the option I was...